Chapter 781 Plan

Chapter 781: Plan Chapter 781: Plan Editor: Atlas Studios It wasn’t until Qi Haoran and his men disappeared from sight that Luo Zhan retracted his gaze and straightened his back.

His personal guard looked at him worriedly.

Other than facing the tribal chieftains and the priest, Second Young Master had never bowed to anyone else.

Luo Zhan returned to the table and sat down.

He asked, “Do you think Prince Rong will believe what I said just now?” The guard deliberated and said, “Considering Prince Rong is a smart person, I’m afraid he won’t take us at our word.

But since you did speak the truth, we need not fear any probing.” The people of West Xia often violated their borders, and Luodian was indeed divided into two factions.

One faction advocated requesting a garrison from the Imperial Court, while the other wanted to build their own guard army.

Prince Rong could find out about this simply by sending someone there to ask.

Luo Zhan shook his head and chuckled.

“I’m talking about the grain seeds.

Do you think he’ll believe that the grain seeds came from us?” The guard was confused.

Sighing, Luo Zhan said, “This is our greatest show of sincerity.

If they don’t believe us, what else can we use to move them?

Just now, he only asked for 1,000 Dendrobium grain seeds.

How much land can 1,000 Dendrobium be planted on?

Clearly, he didn’t believe us.” The guard lowered his voice and said, “Do we really have to take out our county’s iron, silver…” Luo Zhan shuddered and said, “Don’t say such things again.” Why did the tribal chieftains and the others firmly oppose seeking help from the Imperial Court?

Wasn’t it because they were afraid that the Imperial Court would discover the silver, iron, and minerals in the county and take them away?

The tribal chieftains and the elders of the clan relied on all that silver and iron to alleviate their people from suffering.

At the end of the day, this was the only valuable thing they could offer.

Because the yield of this kind of grain seeds was not bad, Luo Zhan had been full of confidence before he came.

However, no matter how good the grain seeds were, if the other party did not value those seeds, it wasn’t a good bargaining chip for them.

Actually, Luo Zhan did have other options.

After all, even if Qi Haoran didn’t value this kind of grain seed, there would be others who could see the value.

However, after seeing Qi Haoran in person, Luo Zhan began to doubt the feasibility of the second plan.

At this moment, Xu Zhi was following closely behind Qi Haoran and said, “Your Highness, why did you only ask for 1,000 Dendrobium grain seeds?

That’s only enough to plant about 10,000 acres of rice fields.

Not to mention other places, it’s not enough even for Ju Prefecture alone.” Qi Haoran snorted and said, “How many grain seeds can a small Luodian offer?

Besides, didn’t you say that you haven’t confirmed whether these grain seeds are stable?

Do you dare to distribute them to the commoners?

If a total crop failure happens, what are you going to feed the commoners with?” Seeing that Xu Zhi did not dare to speak anymore, he continued, “Hand the grain seeds to the Princess Consort.

She has employees who specialize in doing these experiments.

Once we confirm that these grain seeds work, we’ll promote them.

Now, with corn and Dry Rice No.

1, in the absence of corruption, the commoners won’t starve to death as long as they’re willing to be diligent.” “Yes, I didn’t consider it thoroughly.” Seeing that the Prince’s expression was calm, Xu Zhi asked curiously, “Then, Your Highness, are you going to agree to Luo Zhan’s request and send a garrison troop into Luodian?” Qi Haoran glanced at him and said, “Luodian is the territory of Great Qi.

Is there a need for me to agree to it?

Luodian can’t stop the Imperial Court from sending a troop if it wishes.

If the Imperial Court doesn’t allow it, there’s nothing Luodian can do about it either.” Xu Zhi stood rooted to the ground in a daze as he watched Qi Haoran walk away.

When Qi Haoran returned, he handed his son to Mu Yangling and went to look for Advisor Qian to discuss the matter.

That it was possible for the people of West Xia to enter from Luodian posed a great danger to Great Qi, and he had never noticed this before.

Advisor Qian looked at the map for a while and said, “Your Highness, there’s only one byway from West Xia to Luodian.

As you mentioned, Luo Zhan said that the byway can only allow two people to pass through side by side.

The rations and supplies can’t go through there at all.

And from Luodian, there’s only a small, rugged mountain path, so it’s very difficult for West Xia to launch a large-scale attack from there.” “But this is a loophole after all.” Qi Haoran said, “If the other party sneaks into Luodian like ants moving troops and hides in the forest on both sides, then takes down Luodian in one fell swoop and uses the supplies in Luodian to attack Lingnan, what do you think the chances of us gathering military intelligence are?” Advisor Qian muttered to himself.

Qi Haoran said, “Like you said, there’s only one mountain path from Luodian, and there are no villages or towns along the way.

As long as they hide in the forest and our scouts are mainly scattered in the area of Wumeng, they won’t pay attention to this side at all.

Once they finish gathering their troops…” When Advisor Qian thought of that scene, he could not help but shiver.

“We have to set up a garrison in Luodian!” Qi Haoran nodded.

“That’s right.

I’d rather spend a little more money than leave such a big loophole for West Xia.” He took a pen and drew a point on the map.

“Since we’re setting up a garrison in Luodian, why don’t we make it more perfect?

I want to set up a relay station here as a passage for secret reports to be transmitted quickly.

Only urgent military intelligence reports can pass through here.” Advisor Qian looked at the spot on the map and was stunned.

“Your Highness, isn’t… isn’t this deep in the mountain forests?” Qi Haoran nodded.

“But one would have to pass by that spot when exiting from Luodian, and it also lies on the path from Wumeng to the capital.

We just have to move it in slightly to make sure it goes unnoticed by ordinary people.” Advisor Qian pondered for a moment.

This way, the urgent military intelligence in the entire northwest region would pass through here.

With dedicated personnel assigned, information could travel at a much faster speed.

As long as the operations ran smoothly, even if the northwest was far from the capital, it would always be under the capital’s control.

“But this way, I’m afraid the expenses won’t be small…” Qi Haoran also supported his head with his hand.

Yes, money was always a problem.

Qi Haoran sighed and said, “Let’s mention this matter first.

There’s no need to execute it right away.

Let’s settle the matter of the Luodian garrison first.

Moreover, if we want the military situation to be unimpeded, we have to repair the Luodian road.” Advisor Qian could not help but say, “Repairing roads also costs money.” Qi Haoran glared at him and said, “I’m aware that it’ll cost money.

I’ll think of a way.

Hurry up and draft a memorial on what we’ve discussed so that we can send it to the capital tomorrow.” Upon hearing this, Advisor Qian heaved a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Qi Haoran would task him to come up with the money required.

The next day, Advisor Qian handed the memorial to Qi Haoran.

Qi Haoran turned around and was about to hand it to a guard when Advisor Qian widened his eyes and said, “Your Highness, this memorial…” Only then did Qi Haoran remember that he had yet to copy it.

He immediately coughed lightly and said, “Alright, get someone to inform the military camp to train as usual today.

I’ll go copy it now.” Most memorials were written by Advisor Qian and he would copy it before submitting it.

Today, his mind was so occupied with coming up with all that money that he totally forgot about it.

Fortunately, he didn’t hand in the memorial written with Advisor Qian’s handwriting.

Otherwise, even if Qi Xiuyuan wanted to help him hide it, he wouldn’t be able to.

Since the memorials had to be screened by the court officials first, with their keen eyes, they could tell at a glance if it was Qi Haoran’s handwriting.

Qi Haoran took a pen and copied it.

After reading it through and confirming that there were no problems, he handed it over.

Just as Qi Haoran was about to go out to the military camp, he bumped into Luo Zhan at the door.

Qi Haoran couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows.

It seemed like Luo Zhan knew his whereabouts very well and actually knew that he didn’t go to the military camp today.

It wasn’t that Luo Zhan was anxious, but he was eager to find out if Qi Haoran was willing to send an army over since he didn’t give him an outright answer yesterday.

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